buah pinggang

Compound of buah (“product”) +‎ pinggang (“waist”), inherited from Malay buah pinggang, probably calque from Hokkien 腰子 (io-chí, “kidney”, literally “waist + child; son”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuah ˈpɪŋɡaŋ]

buah pinggang (plural buah-buah pinggang)

1. (colloquial) kidney

   Synonym: ginjal

• “buah pinggang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˌbwah ˈpiŋɡaŋ/ [ˌbwah ˈpiŋ.ɡaŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋɡaŋ
• Hyphenation: buah ping‧gang

buah pinggang

1. (anatomy) kidney (an organ in the body)

   Synonyms: ginjal, kerinjal

• > Indonesian: buah pinggang (inherited)

• “buah pinggang”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017